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Chancing it The Laws of Chance and how They Can Work for You

Hardcover • 2016 • English

Chancing it The Laws of Chance and how They Can Work for You

By Robert Matthews

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About the book

Chance, risk, uncertainty: they're all part of our lives, whether we're in business or on the school run, deciding future strategy or just the best route home. Sometimes their effects are intriguing: a streak of extraordinary luck, say, or some bizarre coincidence. More often they just leave us confused, unnerved - even anxious. When is a series of odd events mere happenstance, or something more significant? How do we make sense of the ever-changing evidence about what's good or bad for us? Just...Show more

Risk assessment
Semiotics / semiology
International economics

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ISBN

9781781250303

Publisher

Profile Books

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Chancing it The Laws of Chance and how They Can Work for You

Format

Hardcover

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